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"Dear Marissa,\r\n\r\nThank you for your well wishes; we all hope for enlightenment for ourselves and for others. It is not a matter of us \"caring who has sex with whom,\" but of ascertaining and striving to uphold the Divine Will for our lives as human beings on this earth. As Muslims, we believe that God has communicated His Will to mankind through a series of divine revelations, the last of which being the Holy Qur'an. Love -- such as in the form of a deep, even intimate (yet Platonic), friendship -- between two individuals is a wonderful and laudable thing, on which the Islamic tradition has much to say. However, erotic physical contact, let alone intercourse, between two members of the same sex has been expressly forbidden both in the Qur'an and the previously revealed scriptures. The presence or absence of love is irrelevant to the prohibition of such acts. As Muslims, we believe that it is by drawing closer to God through worshiping Him and obeying His commands that true enlightenment can be obtained. I hope you have the chance to learn more about Islam in order to gain a better understanding of this profound perspective.\r\n\r\nBest wishes,\r\nAhmad B."
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